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Title: Biology: The Easy Way (BIOLOGY THE EASY WAY) by Gabrielle Edwards ISBN: 0-7641-1358-5 Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: good and a little too much information
Comment: This is a pretty good review book for biology. But it contains a little too much information. I wish it concentrate more on the human body systems because that's what most of the test focus on. Anyway, this book helped me a lot. The end-of-the-chapter questions are good for test reviews. Even my Biology teacher recommend it!
Rating: 3
Summary: Better than others..
Comment: There is a LOT of information in this book, some of which might be wrong. I didn't read the whole thing, this review book goes into MUCH more detail than other review books I checked out. Saying that it's "Biology The Easy Way" might be a misnomer - it's chock fulla information and just requires a lot of memorization. The diagrams were fairly clear, but there aren't many of them. This is overall a relatively good choice of review texts for biology, but if you think something might be incorrect, check it out somewhere else!!
Rating: 2
Summary: Biology the Wrong Way!
Comment: I recently needed to brush up on my Biology. (I had Bio in college.) While the format of this book is really good, there is just one thing I absolutely could not live with:
MISTAKES IN THE BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is absolutely nothing more frustrating than to have a book full of mistakes and poor editing. The chapter tests have questions on things that were never even in the chapter, as well some COMPLETELY WRONG ANSWERS to the test questions. Here is just one example:
When I was working on the Chapter 6 test, I got to T-F question #13. It says "When oxygen is not available, facultative anaerobes obtain energy by way of the Krebs cycle." The answer was False, and the answer they gave that would make the statement True was "fermentation" instead of "Krebs cycle". I looked back at the chapter and discovered that it is the OBLIGATE ANAEROBES that derive energy from fermentation, NOT the facultative anaerobes. It's right there on page 95!!
And that's just one example. If things like that are wrong, it made me wonder what else was wrong in the book. So I gave up on it. Luckily, I found a new book that gave me back my sanity -- Homework Helper's Biology. It gives you all the info you need in a clear, concise format.
So if you are looking for a Biology book you can trust, I would stay away from Barron's.
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Title: Physics: The Easy Way (Barron's Easy Way) by Robert L. Lehrman ISBN: 0764102362 Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Chemistry the Easy Way (Barron's Easy Way Series) by Joseph A. Mascetta ISBN: 0764119788 Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Algebra the Easy Way by Douglas, Ph.D. Downing ISBN: 0764119729 Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Chemistry: Concepts and Problems : A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides) by Clifford C. Houk, Richard Post ISBN: 0471121207 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: February, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Barron's Earth Science: The Easy Way (Barron's Easy Way Series) by Alan D. Sills ISBN: 0764121464 Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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